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[?23] [July 1846]. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Dowglass, Fanny.

[?23] [July 1846]. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Dowglass, Fanny.

[London]
Thursday evening. [?23] [July 1846]
Indeed, my dear friend, I will let you blame me for this silence– It has been full of thought if not of action,—& I have been confused & confounded by the coming & going, to & fro, of many relatives & friends, the ground being scarcely clear. We have had a houseful—& I, for my particular part, a heartful—I do not know when I shall cease to be giddy– When I am at rest for a moment, it seems as if I sate on the very edge of a thunder-cloud–
How happy I am to hear your story of yourself. May God bless you out of the Love, which, both for earth & Heaven, is best. That you should not suffer pain, makes me glad & thankful, & though you do not speak of being essentially better, I like to think that you will live still & have reason to thank God for life

[London]
Thursday evening. [?23] [July 1846]
Indeed, my dear friend, I will let you blame me for this silence– It has been full of thought if not of action,—& I have been confused & confounded by the coming & going, to & fro, of many relatives & friends, the ground being scarcely clear. We have had a houseful—& I, for my particular part, a heartful—I do not know when I shall cease to be giddy– When I am at rest for a moment, it seems as if I sate on the very edge of a thunder-cloud–
How happy I am to hear your story of yourself. May God bless you out of the Love, which, both for earth & Heaven, is best. That you should not suffer pain, makes me glad & thankful, & though you do not speak of being essentially better, I like to think that you will live still & have reason to thank God for life